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I used to feel like a weird outlier for being so ambitious and optimistic — but when I go to things like the YC alumni reunion I feel surrounded by my people.
@ycombinator is a community of builders who want to pull and lift humanity up, no matter how difficult or long the… Show more
This is an essay about great writing but its message applies everywhere. “People want advice on how to succeed, but they don’t like it when that advice includes a lot of time or a lot of work.
I like being in social environments where I’m known and introduced as A’s dad. It takes some of the pressure off, somehow. I’m not that important. I’m just the support staff, the backstage crew. I feel less pressure to be interesting or entertaining. I get to just be the dad. It’s a refreshing change from a lifetime of feeling like I had a... See more